ἔοικα: Difference between revisions

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|mdlsjtxt=[from [[εἴκω]], of [[which]] we [[have]] 3rd sg. imperf. [[εἶκε]], it seemed [[good]], Il.; fut. εἴξω, [[will]] be like, Ar.] [perf. with pres. [[sense]]<br />to be like:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to be like, [[look]] like, τινι Hom., etc.:—with the [[part]]., [[where]] we use the inf., αἰεὶ γὰρ δίφρου ἐπιβησομένοισι [[ἐΐκτην]] seemed [[always]] [[just]] [[about]] to set [[foot]] [[upon]] the [[chariot]], Il.; ἔοικε [[σπεύδοντι]] seems [[anxious]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[seem]] [[likely]], c. inf., in phrases [[which]] we [[render]] by [[making]] the Verb impersonal, as in the Lat. [[videor]] videre, [[methinks]] I see, χλιδᾶν ἔοικας [[methinks]] thou art [[delicate]], Aesch.; [[ἔοικα]] οὐκ [[εἰδέναι]] Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> impers., ἔοικε it seems; ὡς ἔοικε as it seems, Soph., etc.; ὡς ἔοικε used to [[modify]] a [[statement]], [[probably]], I [[believe]], Plat.:—so also [[personal]], ὡς ἔοικας Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[beseem]], [[befit]], c. dat. pers., Xen.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> impers., ἔοικε it is [[fitting]], [[right]], [[seemly]], [[reasonable]], [[mostly]] with a negat. and foll. by inf., οὐκ ἔστ', οὐδὲ ἔοικε, ἀρνήσασθαι it is not [[possible]], nor is it [[seemly]], to [[deny]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> [[part]]. [[ἐοικώς]], [[εἰκώς]], ionic [[οἰκώς]], υῖα, ός,<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[seeming]] like, like, Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[fitting]], [[seemly]], [[meet]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[likely]], [[probable]], [[εἰκός]] ἐστι, for ἔοικε, Soph.; also ὡς [[εἰκός]], ionic ὡς [[οἰκός]], for ὡς ἔοικε, Hdt., etc.

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